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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
540 AM EDT SAT APR 27 2013

...NEXT WEEK IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN NEW YORK...

GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO HAS DECLARED NEXT WEEK...APRIL 28 THROUGH MAY
4...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN NEW YORK. NOAA/S NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE JOINS GOVERNOR CUOMO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
AGENCIES OF THE NEW YORK STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
COMMISSION...LOCAL AGENCIES...VOLUNTEER AGENCIES...AND PRIVATE
SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN URGING ALL RESIDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES FROM THE HAZARDS OF FLOODING...TORNADOES...AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IS A TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THUNDERSTORMS...TORNADOES...LIGHTNING AND FLOODING AND PREPARE FOR
THE DANGERS THEY BRING TO NEW YORK STATE DURING THE WARMER PART OF
THE YEAR.

AS PART OF SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICES WILL CONDUCT A TEST WARNING ON THURSDAY MAY 2ND AT 115 PM.

THE DRILL WILL CONSIST OF EACH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
ISSUING A TEST WARNING FOR THE COUNTIES THEY SERVE IN NEW YORK
STATE.

THESE DRILL WARNINGS PROVIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...SCHOOLS
...HOSPITALS...NURSING FACILITIES...THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TEST COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS...PRACTICE AND UPDATE
SAFETY PROCEDURES...AND REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER TERMINOLOGY.

EACH DAY NEXT WEEK THE FOCUS WILL BE ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC...WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON WEATHER SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS. BELOW ARE THE TOPICS
THAT WILL BE COVERED.

ON MONDAY APRIL 29...THE TOPIC WILL BE A REVIEW OF SEVERE WEATHER
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.

ON TUESDAY APRIL 30...THE TOPIC WILL BE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

ON WEDNESDAY MAY 1...THE TOPIC WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS
AND SAFETY.

ON THURSDAY MAY 2...THE TOPIC WILL BE TORNADOES.

ON FRIDAY MAY 3...THE TOPIC WILL BE FLOODING.

ON SATURDAY MAY 4...COMMUNICATIONS.

PLAN AHEAD FOR THE HAZARDS THAT THUNDERSTORMS CREATE. HELP US MAKE
SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK A SUCCESS...BY BEING PREPARED. IT
COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WEATHER HAZARDS AWARENESS WEEK AND SEVERE
WEATHER SAFETY...PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE:

HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/BGM/PREPAREDNESS/SWAW/NY2013 (ALL LOWER CASE)

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